Draft amendments could limit right of Bulgarians living abroad to vote
Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry has made public draft legislative amendments that could effectively limit the right of Bulgarians living abroad to
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Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,
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Donald Tusk in Sofia: ‘Our goal is to minimise the costs of Brexit for all EU citizens’
European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking during a visit to Bulgarian capital city Sofia, said that the country’s citizens only
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Borissov heads GERB negotiating team on new Bulgarian government
The leader of Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, twice former prime minister Boiko Borissov, has taken personal charge of the team
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Bulgarian anti-corruption prosecutors file charges against caretaker Health Minister
Bulgarian special anti-corruption prosecutors have lodged criminal charges against caretaker Health Minister Ilko Semerdzhiev for allegedly threatening to fire a
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Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Central Election Commission announces full list of names of MPs
A week after Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 National Assembly elections, the Central Election Commission announced the full list of 240
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Warning sirens to be tested in 11 Bulgarian cities and towns on April 3
Disaster warning sirens will be tested in 11 Bulgarian cities and towns, as well as in places within a 30km
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Bulgaria’s road accident deaths in first quarter of 2017 lower than in Q1 of previous two years
The number of road deaths in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2017 was lower than in the first
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Bulgarian caretaker government scraps decree on integration of refugees
At a special sitting on the evening of March 31, the Bulgarian caretaker cabinet scrapped a decree providing for municipalities
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